16 February 2016

Mikkeller and Lindemans collaboration beer Spontanbasil

I got to know several beers from
Mikkeller's Spontan range when I visited Copenhagen last Easter, so I
was obviously directly curious when I saw a bottle of Mikkeller and
Lindemans collaboration beer Spontanbasil 6,0
% at my local beer shop. Obviously I had to buy it (and a
second bottle in the meanwhile). It tasted so wonderful with such a
strong basil flavour, it was just deligthful. It almost doesn't taste
like beer at all, just like a refreshing basil drink.

I just booked my next visit to
Copenhagen and I can't wait to have more of this and the other beers
from Mikkeller's Spontan range. I'm so excited to go there again in
March and hope to post many lovely Copenhagen posts for you.

Here are my tasting notes and
impressions:

- the cork already heavily smells of
basil

- the beer itself smells like an herb
garden, herby with some lemon

- there's an initial punch of sour,
which is directly followed by a strong basil taste underlined with
fine hops

- there is a fresh lemon taste
throughout

- the initial taste is very bold and
powerful, lambic sourness leading to a fragrant and refreshing
aftertaste

- there's more basil than hops in this
beer

- the sourness comes from the lambic
style of brewing, wild yeast is used to ferment the beer

I can't get enough of this beer and
can't help planning which dishes it would compliment the most, would
insalata caprese be too much of a clichee with this?

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